Henry Lee, Craik, 362, 363; the of- ficers of the army, 363; Trumbull, Robert and Gouverneur Morris, 363; regard for and courtesy toward Franklin, 364; love for Lafayette, 365; care for his family, 366; last- ing regard for Fairfaxes, 366, 367; kindness to Taft family, 367, 368; destroys correspondence with his wife, 368; their devoted relation- ship, 368; care for his step-children and relatives, 369, 370; charged with lack of humor, 371; but never made himself ridiculous, 372; not joyous in temperament, 372; but had keen pleasure in sport, 373; enjoyed a joke, even during Revo- lution, 374; appreciates wit, 375; writes a humorous letter, 376-378; not devoid of worldly wisdom, 378, 379; enjoys cards, dancing, the the- atre, 380; loves horses, 380; thor- ough in small affairs as well as great, 381; controversy over site of church, 381; his careful domes- tic economy, 382; love of method, 383; of excellence in dress and fur- niture, 383, 384; gives dignity to American cause, 385; his personal appearance, 385; statements of Houdon, 386; of Ackerson, 386, 387; his tremendous muscular strength, 388; great personal im- pressiveness, 389, 390; lacking in imagination, 391; strong passions, 391; fierce temper, 392; anecdotes of outbreaks, 392; his absence of self-love, 393; confident in judg- ment of posterity, 393; religious faith, 394; summary and conclusion, 394, 395.
Characteristics of. General view, ii. 304-395; general admiration for, i. 1-7; myths about, i. 9-12, ii. 307 ff.; comparisons with Jeffer- son, ii. 69; with Lincoln, ii. 310- 312; with Hampden, ii. 312, 313; absence of self-seeking, i. 341; af- fectionateness, i. 111, 285, 331, 345, ii. 332, 362-371; agreeableness, ii. 344- 347, 377; Americanism, ii. 307–328; aristocratic habits, ii. 314, 316; business ability, i. 105, 109, ii. 5,
352, 382; coldness on occasion, 1. 223, 224, 263, ii. 318; courage, i. 77, 78, 86, 127, 168, 292; dignity, i. 81, 161, ii. 52–57, 76; hospitality, ii. 360; impressiveness, i. 56, 83, 130, 138, 319, ii. 385; indomitableness, i. 177, 181, 227; judgments of men, i. 295, ii. 64, 86, 334, 335; justice and sternness, i. 287, 330, ii. 203, 352-358, 389; kindliness, ii. 349-356, 359; lack of education, i. 62, ii. 337; love of reading, i. 62, ii. 341, 342; love of sport, i. 56, 98, 113- 116, 118, ii. 380; manners, ii. 282- 283, 314; military ability, i. 154, 166, 174, 183, 197, 204, 207, 239, 247, 265, 267, 305-320, ii. 331; modesty, i. 102, 134; not a figure-head, ii. 329, 330; not a prig, i. 10-12, 41-47; not cold and inhuman, ii. 332, 342; not dull or commonplace, ii. 330, 332; not superhuman and distant, i. 9, 10, 12, ii. 304, 305; open-minded- ness, ii. 317; passionateness, i. 58, 73, 90; personal appearance, i. 57, 136, 137, ii. 282, 343, 385-389; reli- gious views, i. 321, ii. 393; ro- mantic traits, i. 95-97; sense of humor, ii. 371-377; silence regard- ing self, i. 14, 69, 70, 116, 129, 285; ii. 37, 336; simplicity, i. 59, 69, 348, ii. 50, 340; sobriety, i. 49, 52, 134; ii. 43, 45, 333, 373; tact, i. 162, 243, 244-246; temper, i. 73, 92, 110, 168, 236, 237, 260, ii. 98, 392; thorough- ness, i. 142, 323, 341, ii. 381.
Political Opinions. On Alien and Sedition Acts, ii. 196; American nationality, i. 191, 250, 251, 255, 262, 279, ii. 7, 61, 133, 145, 324, 325, 327, 328; Articles of Confed- eration, i. 297, ii. 17, 24; bank, ii. 110, 111; colonial rights, i. 120, 124-126, 130; Constitution, i. 38- 41; democracy, ii. 317-319; Demo- cratic party, ii. 214, 239, 240, 258, 261, 267, 268; disunion, ii. 22; du- ties of the executive, ii. 190; edu- cation, ii. 81, 326, 339; Federalist party, ii. 71, 246, 247, 259, 260, 261, 269-274, 298; finance, ii. 107, 108, 112, 122; foreign relations, ii. 25, 134, 142, 145, 147, 179, 217-219, 323;
French Revolution, ii. 139, 140, 295, 318; independence of colonies, i. 131, 159, 160; Indian policy, ii. 82, 87, 88, 91, 92, 104, 105; Jay treaty, ii. 184-205; judiciary, i. 150; nomi- nations to office, ii. 62; party, ii. 70, 222, 233, 249; protection, ii. 116-122; slavery, i. 106-108; Stamp Act, i. 119; strong government, i. 298, ii. 18, 24, 129, 130; treaty power, ii. 190, 207–210; Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, ii. 266, 267; Western expansion, ii. 6, 8-16, 135, 163-165, 218, 322.
Washington, George Steptoe, his sons educated by Washington, ii. 370. Washington, John, brother of George, letter of Washington, to, i. 132. Washington, Lawrence, brother of George Washington, educated in England, i. 54; has military career, 54; returns to Virginia and builds Mt. Vernon, 54; marries into Fair- fax family, 54, 55; goes to West Indies for his health, 62; dies, leav- ing George guardian of his daugh- ter, 64; chief manager of Ohio Company, 65; gives George mili- tary education, 65. Washington, Lund, letter of Washing-
Brandywine, 1. 198; his opinion of Germantown, 199; at Monmouth urges Washington to come, 235; ready to attack Stony Point, 268; his successful exploit, 269; joins Lafayette in Virginia, 307; ap- pointed to command against Iual- ans, ii. 100; his character, 100; organizes his force, 101; his march, 102; defeats the Indians, 103. Weems, Mason L., influence of his life of Washington on popular opin- ion, i. 10; originates idea of his priggishness, 11; his character, 41, 43; character of his book, 42; his mythical "rectorate" of Mt. Ver- non, 43, 44; invents anecdotes of Washington's childhood, 44; folly of cherry-tree and other stories, 46; their evil influence, 47. West, the, its importance realized by Washington, ii. 7-16; his influence counteracted by inertia of Con- gress, 8; forwards inland naviga- tion, 9; desires to bind East to West, 9-11, 14; formation of com- panies, 11-13; on Mississippi navi- gation, 14-16, 164; projects of Genet in, 162; its attitude understood by Washington, 163, 164; Washington wishes peace in order to develop it, 218, 219, 321.
ton to, i. 152; rebuked by Washing- ton for entertaining British, ii. 303. Washington, Martha, widow of Daniel" P. Custis, meets Washington, i. 101; courtship of, and marriage, 101, 102; hunts with her husband, 114; joins him at Boston, 151; holds levees as wife of President, ii. 54; during his last illness, 300; her correspondence destroyed, 368; her relations with her husband, 368, 369.
Washington, Mary, married to Augus- tine Washington, i. 39; mother of George Washington, 39; limited education but strong character, 40, 41; wishes George to earn a living, 49; opposes his going to sea, 49; letters to, 88; visited by her son, ii. 5.
Waters, Henry E., establishes Wash-
ington pedigree, i. 32. Wayne, Anthony, defeated after
Whiskey Rebellion," passage of ex- cise law, ii. 123; outbreaks of vio- lence in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, 124; proclamation issued warning rioters to desist, 125; re- newed outbreaks in Pennsylvania, 125, 126; the militia called out, 127; suppression of the insurrection, 128; real danger of movement, 129; its suppression emphasizes national authority, 129, 130; supposed by Washington to have been stirred up by Democratic clubs, 242. White Plains, battle at, i. 173. Wilkinson, James, brings Gates's mes- sage to Washington at Trenton, i. 180; brings news of Saratoga to Congress, 220; nettled at Sher- man's sarcasm, discloses Conway cabal, 220; quarrels with Gates, 223; resigns from board of war,
223, 226; leads expedition against | Wilson, James," of England," hunts Indians, ii. 95. with Washington, i. 115. Willett, Colonel, commissioner to Wolcott, Oliver, receives Fauchet
Creeks, his success, ii. 91. William and Mary College, Washing- ton Chancellor of, ii. 339. Williams, Washington's teacher, i. 48, 51.
letter, ii. 195; succeeds Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury, 246. Wooster, Mrs., letter of Washington to, ii. 61.
Willis, Lewis, story of Washington's Yorktown, siege of, i. 315-318.
Wilson, James, appointed to Supreme Court, ii. 72.
"Young Man's Companion," used by George Washington, origin of his rules of conduct, i. 52.
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